Robbins, Russell (audio interview and summary)
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Oral history interview with Russell Robbins. Interviewed by Walter Urick. February 19, 2016. English language recording. Summary in English and Spanish. Russell Robbins was born in September of 1941 in Hart, Michigan. He is the son of Mason and Dorothy Robbins. During the summers from 1950 to 1960, he worked with his dad in Doctor Munger’s cherry farming. Russell was highly involved in the cherry operations in various capacities, such as trimming trees, selling snacks to field workers, beginning the cherry shaker program, and more. He took over a gas station in 1960, and then from 1965 to 1972 he ran a Dodge car dealership. In 1971 he started teaching part-time at West Shore Community College as an automotive instructor. Later, he had an independent shop until 2003. He then got involved in the Hart Historic District as a volunteer, enjoying a very rewarding experience there.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2016-02-19
Urick, Walter (interviewer)
Shell-Weiss, Melanie (director)
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Steeve Buckridge audio interview and transcription
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Steeve Buckridge was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He became a professor at Grand Valley State University several years ago. He is an Associate Professor of African and Caribbean History and Associate Faculty in African and African American Studies. Also this year he became GVSU's Director of Area Studies. In 2004, he published his first novel, The Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1780-1890. This book discusses how freed and enslaved women used their fashion and style of dress as a symbol of resistance to slavery and accommodation to white culture in pre- and post- emancipation society. He discusses the differences between discrimination in Jamaica and discrimination in Grand Rapids and some of his experiences with it.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-10-27
Fraser, Kevin
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Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Judith Claytor audio interview and transcript
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Judith Claytor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a degree in sociology/social work. She discusses the racial and religious differences between living in Grand Rapids and Washington D.C. and attending Western Michigan University.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-11-11
Goote, Paige
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Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Joseph Cospito audio interview and transcript
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Joseph Cospito likes working on his house, playing with his children, being a stay at home dad, and listening to books on audio tape. He is a retired science professor who is married to an episcopal priest. He discusses growing up in the fifties in Bartonville, Illinois.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2012-03-09
Cospito, Justin
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Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Debra Sawinski audio interview and transcript
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Debra Sawinski discusses how she started the first all girls track team at her high school and the struggles that came along with in.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-11-28
Schreur, Brian
Sawinski, Laura
Bell, Marcus
Moeing, Robin
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Esiloza Omoh audio interview and transcript
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Esiloza Omoh was born in Legos, Nigeria, raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Grand Valley State University. She graduated with a degree in Biomedical Science. She discusses her experiences with discrimination because of the color of her skin.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-09-30
Burke, Briana
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Mirta McGee audio interview and Transcript
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Mirta McGee was born in Cuba and raised in the United States. She is currently an elementary school Spanish teacher. She discusses balancing Cuban culture with American culture, discrimination based on language barriers, and the differences between when she was growing up and her students now.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-11-22
McGee, Christina
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Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Filiz Dogru audio interview and transcript
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Filiz Dogru was born in Turkey, came to the United States in 1990, and settled in West Michigan in August 2003. He is a professor at Grand Valley State University and an active member of the Niagara foundation and the Turkish American Michigan society. He discusses how he never felt different until moving to West Michigan, although the Grand Rapids area is improving on diversity.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2012-03-21
Kelleher, Allison
Ramirez, Ray
Johnsen, Lukas
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Mark Connorton audio interview and transcription
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Mark Connorton is a mathematics major at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He discusses his alcohol and drug addiction issue and how it affected his relationship with his parents.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2012-02-24
Gummere, Brandon
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Susan Peeler audio interview and transcript
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Susan Peeler discusses her experiences growing up and how they have affected the way she prejudges people.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-11-27
Peeler, Lauren
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Jeffrey Sorensen audio interview and transcript
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Jeffrey Sorensen grew up in the Upper Pennisula of Michigan. He discusses the stereotypes and misconceptions of "yoopers."
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-11-04
Ober, Christina
Weinke, Anthony
Doak, Michael
Sadler, Max
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Christian Vannier audio interview and transcript
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Christian Vannier discusses the civil rights differences between western and eastern Michigan. In particular, he draws on his experiences at Wayne State University and Grand Valley State University.
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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
2011-12-15
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